My Freshman Year-
I really liked the part in My Freshman Year about classroom life. It was interesting to me that all the students were talking about how laid back the professors were. I can agree with this. It was a surprise for me to see this, when I came from high school, I thought college professors would be much stricter and not as personal, but with my professors, I have found the opposite. I think this means that professors expect you to be more responsible for yourself, and they are kind of helping you grow up to be an independent adult. In life and at your job, you won’t have a teacher always telling you exactly when and how to do something, giving you help, and making you work to better yourself. This parallels college professors. They give you a syllabus with what’s due, and from then on, it’s your job to know when things are due and to get them done. This is helpful to me even though it is very hard, because it is getting me ready for when I am finally done with school and working at whatever job I end up having. I think I have a pretty good understanding of what she talked about in this chapter, and it was one of my favorite sections so far. She talked a lot about other ethnicities and how they view American schooling but what was more interesting to me was the application of what they said to how it helps you prepare for life after school. What is at stake? Well I think that if you misuse the freedoms and responsibilities the professors give you, you will do very poorly in your work, and that could have lasting effects. So be careful with this freedom, and do your work as if there is somebody who is watching over you.
The Mind at Work- This chapter was just like a story, it was a little unlike the other ones we’ve read. So I was interested that he was telling the story and letting my draw the conclusions, although it isn’t really my favorite because I’m not too interested in reading this for the sake of a story, I’m reading it for the sake of learning and applying what he says. It is cool how Guthier’s teaching is done through experience, and I also found it interesting and thought it was a good idea (if that makes sense) of how he has an arrangement with the city to make repairs on low income housing because it’s a perfect place to have his student’s gain working experience. There is a lot of vocabulary that is specific to this trade, such as the names of tools, and I need to understand that all better. I really like the idea of learning by experience, and I think more schools and teachers are starting to adapt this method, and popular science supports it. However, I still think there needs to be some classroom knowledge that everyone takes. Honestly, as I think about it I don’t know why I think that. Maybe it’s just instilled in me from my whole life everybody saying that, and nobody challenging the traditional approach. Will more people start to challenge this? I can’t say.
I really liked the part in My Freshman Year about classroom life. It was interesting to me that all the students were talking about how laid back the professors were. I can agree with this. It was a surprise for me to see this, when I came from high school, I thought college professors would be much stricter and not as personal, but with my professors, I have found the opposite. I think this means that professors expect you to be more responsible for yourself, and they are kind of helping you grow up to be an independent adult. In life and at your job, you won’t have a teacher always telling you exactly when and how to do something, giving you help, and making you work to better yourself. This parallels college professors. They give you a syllabus with what’s due, and from then on, it’s your job to know when things are due and to get them done. This is helpful to me even though it is very hard, because it is getting me ready for when I am finally done with school and working at whatever job I end up having. I think I have a pretty good understanding of what she talked about in this chapter, and it was one of my favorite sections so far. She talked a lot about other ethnicities and how they view American schooling but what was more interesting to me was the application of what they said to how it helps you prepare for life after school. What is at stake? Well I think that if you misuse the freedoms and responsibilities the professors give you, you will do very poorly in your work, and that could have lasting effects. So be careful with this freedom, and do your work as if there is somebody who is watching over you.
The Mind at Work-
This chapter was just like a story, it was a little unlike the other ones we’ve read. So I was interested that he was telling the story and letting my draw the conclusions, although it isn’t really my favorite because I’m not too interested in reading this for the sake of a story, I’m reading it for the sake of learning and applying what he says. It is cool how Guthier’s teaching is done through experience, and I also found it interesting and thought it was a good idea (if that makes sense) of how he has an arrangement with the city to make repairs on low income housing because it’s a perfect place to have his student’s gain working experience. There is a lot of vocabulary that is specific to this trade, such as the names of tools, and I need to understand that all better. I really like the idea of learning by experience, and I think more schools and teachers are starting to adapt this method, and popular science supports it. However, I still think there needs to be some classroom knowledge that everyone takes. Honestly, as I think about it I don’t know why I think that. Maybe it’s just instilled in me from my whole life everybody saying that, and nobody challenging the traditional approach. Will more people start to challenge this? I can’t say.